gravity assist
Americannoun
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It will get a gravity assist by sling-shotting around Mars early next year, then boomerang back around Earth in late 2026 before zooming toward the gas giant and its icy, dynamic moon.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2024
After skimming the inner edge of the main asteroid belt, Lucy heads back toward Earth for a gravity assist in December 2024.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2024
After leaving Dinky, the probe will head back to Earth for a gravity assist maneuver in December 2024.
From Scientific American • Nov. 8, 2023
We’ll use a gravity assist from the moon and then the Earth to make the orbital capture.
From Slate • Aug. 5, 2023
This enabled the two Voyagers to use a "gravity assist" technique in which the craft were successively flung from one gassy giant to the next in a kind of cosmic version of "crack the whip."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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